Bielema reflects on win
Bret Bielema has instilled a contagious attitude in his team this year: work hard, be proud and play with class. Against its biggest rival, and playing for the coveted axe, Wisconsin displayed all three of those attitudes.
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Bret Bielema has instilled a contagious attitude in his team this year: work hard, be proud and play with class. Against its biggest rival, and playing for the coveted axe, Wisconsin displayed all three of those attitudes.
clay: John Clay pushes a pile of Minnesota defenders as he fights for extra yards. Clay helped push the Badgers down the field on multiple scoring drives, and ended the game with three touchdowns.
It wasn't too long ago when the Badgers played by the maxim that they would run the ball down their opponent's throat because they knew they couldn't be stopped, and opposing defenses knew their chances of stopping Wisconsin were slim.
MINNEAPOLIS—As the Wisconsin Badgers paraded around TCF Bank Stadium's field with Paul Bunyan's axe, allowing as many red clad fans to touch it as they could, the celebration almost felt like an emotional release of all the tension that led up to it.
With the exception of a wobbly last four minutes of a game that had long been over, John Clay and Wisconsin made a statement to the rest of the Big Ten Saturday as they stampeded to a 38-30 win over Michigan State.
Wisconsin has always been associated with power football, and an integral part of that had been the thankless yet important job of fullback. From recent stalwarts like Bill Rentmeester, Chris Pressley and Matt ""the Hebrew Hammer"" Bernstein to former NFL standout Cecil Martin who blocked for Ron Dayne (recruited mostly as a fullback), all the way back to Heisman winner Alan Ameche, the position has been essential to Badger offenses.
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Wisconsin football coach Bret Bielema seemed comfortable and confident during his weekly news conference Monday about Wisconsin's victory against Wofford and its upcoming contest against Michigan State.
When you think of ""Wisconsin football,"" what comes to mind?
It may seem unorthodox, but at halftime on Saturday, Wisconsin head coach Bret Bielema was thinking about delaying the band's fifth quarter performance to practice ball security. It was even stranger since, at that point of the game, his team was leading 31-0.
John Clay: John Clay?s dominating performance in the fourth quarter and overtime helped secure victory for the Badgers last weekend versus Fresno State.
Isaac Anderson : Isaac Anderson and the Wisconsin receivers have moved the chains for the Badgers this season when Zach Brown and John Clay have struggled.
In the waning moments of Wisconsin's clash with Fresno State last Saturday, many Badger fans had a troublesome question on their mind: Where has John Clay been? Then, as if he were answering the prayers of the Camp Randall faithful, Clay burst through the line and ran 72 yards to the end zone to give the Badgers their first lead of the game.
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clay: John Clay rushed for 144 yards against Fresno State Saturday, including a 72-yard touchdown run that gave the Badgers a fourth-quarter lead.
John Clay has a message for the pundits who claim that adding over 20 pounds this offseason diminished his breakaway speed.
For just a moment, it looked like senior Fresno State receiver Marlon Moore would pluck the ball out of the air in the Wisconsin end zone and take control of the game for his team.
One of my favorite professors here likes to talk about how, in international politics, style is substance. He says that when global leaders interact, their strategies and appearances can be just as important as what they actually achieve.
In a season opener, history would suggest a traditional Wisconsin game plan of heavy power running and controlling the game on the ground.